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Subject Topic: Towcar for twin axle
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06/4/2018 at 11:18am
 Location: Cambridgeshire
 Outfit: Outfitless!!!Vauxhal
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Quote: Originally posted by woodman2 on 06/4/2018
Have you thought of an E350 Merc.
You would need one with 18" wheels though.



Still over 85% kerbweight ratio.

The Antara is beginning to look like a good option. With the car fully laden and the van minus payload we have a 79% ratio. As we don’t take much with us I’m hoping we can keep the ratio under 90%. We tend to use fully serviced pitches so don’t need aquaroll or wastemaster. We have a lightweight porch awning which travels in the car.
We have all our tenting equipment in the van, lightweight pans, melamine plates. The van comes with a tv and solar panel so already included in the weight. We are adding motor movers so that will take up payload, battery, front cover.

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06/4/2018 at 1:03pm
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Quote: Originally posted by issym on 06/4/2018
Quote: Originally posted by Mr wilson on 06/4/2018
A bit late to the party I know but you might also want to consider a Ssangyong Rexton.
Huge towing capacity, great spec, very capable cars.
A low mileage, late model W should be affordable in your budget, you might have to travel to pick one up though.
I've just brought ours home, haven't towed with it yet but so far I'm well pleased. We're away next week for a month or so so I'll update this once I've had the caravan on the back.




Nice car, unfortunately still over the 85% ratio!






I thought a Rexton had a 3 tonne towing capacity.
I used to have one, and as the old saying goes, you would never have know the van was back there.

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06/4/2018 at 2:52pm
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Why not take your antara to a weigh bridge and see what it actually weighs, it might be heavier than you think, my cars true weight is more than 100 kgs heavier than the brochure weight.

If someone else has already suggested this please ignore as I’ve not read all the post

Bessie


06/4/2018 at 3:01pm
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Quote: Originally posted by blueexpo97 on 06/4/2018
Quote: Originally posted by issym on 06/4/2018
Quote: Originally posted by Mr wilson on 06/4/2018
A bit late to the party I know but you might also want to consider a Ssangyong Rexton.
Huge towing capacity, great spec, very capable cars.
A low mileage, late model W should be affordable in your budget, you might have to travel to pick one up though.
I've just brought ours home, haven't towed with it yet but so far I'm well pleased. We're away next week for a month or so so I'll update this once I've had the caravan on the back.





Nice car, unfortunately still over the 85% ratio!




Yes, the Antara towing capacity is fine, it’s the kerb weight/MTPLM ratio that is a bit dodgy. It’s illegal to tow over 100% ratio and we would be 97% fully laden!

I thought a Rexton had a 3 tonne towing capacity.
I used to have one, and as the old saying goes, you would never have know the van was back there.





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06/4/2018 at 3:02pm
 Location: Cambridgeshire
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Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 06/4/2018
Why not take your antara to a weigh bridge and see what it actually weighs, it might be heavier than you think, my cars true weight is more than 100 kgs heavier than the brochure weight.

If someone else has already suggested this please ignore as I’ve not read all the post

Bessie



Yes, we are definitely doing that, but we will do it once we have the van as we are legal to tow it home, just not sure how much of the payload we use.

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